# Home ownership: highest and lowest councils in East of England (2021)

Rochford had the highest share of households that own their home of East of England’s 45 councils in 2021, at 81.2%.

Norwich had the lowest, at 42.6%. The middle council, Braintree, had 68.6%.

| Rank | Area | Owner-occupied homes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) | 81.2% |
| 2 | [Castle Point](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point) | 80.4% |
| 3 | [Broadland](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland) | 78.0% |
| 4 | [Maldon](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon) | 77.0% |
| 5 | [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) | 74.9% |
| 6 | [South Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk) | 74.4% |
| 7 | [Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire) | 72.9% |
| 8 | [Brentwood](https://openindex.co.uk/brentwood) | 72.6% |
| 9 | [Uttlesford](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford) | 72.4% |
| 10 | [Tendring](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring) | 71.9% |
| 11 | [Babergh](https://openindex.co.uk/babergh) | 71.8% |
| 12 | [Three Rivers](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers) | 71.7% |
| 13 | [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) | 71.5% |
| 14 | [South Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire) | 71.4% |
| 15 | [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford) | 71.1% |
| 16 | [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) | 70.8% |
| =17 | [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest) | 70.3% |
| =17 | [Huntingdonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire) | 70.3% |
| 19 | [Broxbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/broxbourne) | 69.7% |
| 20 | [East Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-cambridgeshire) | 69.5% |
| =21 | [East Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/east-suffolk) | 69.3% |
| =21 | [North Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/north-norfolk) | 69.3% |
| 23 | [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) | 68.6% |
| 24 | [Breckland](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland) | 67.8% |
| 25 | [King's Lynn and West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk) | 67.5% |
| 26 | [Fenland](https://openindex.co.uk/fenland) | 67.3% |
| 27 | [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire) | 65.9% |
| 28 | [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere) | 65.3% |
| 29 | [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester) | 65.1% |
| 30 | [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) | 64.6% |
| 31 | [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) | 64.5% |
| 32 | [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon) | 64.4% |
| 33 | [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock) | 64.0% |
| 34 | [Great Yarmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/great-yarmouth) | 62.1% |
| 35 | [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea) | 61.9% |
| 36 | [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk) | 61.4% |
| 37 | [Stevenage](https://openindex.co.uk/stevenage) | 58.7% |
| 38 | [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) | 58.0% |
| 39 | [Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough) | 56.9% |
| 40 | [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford) | 56.2% |
| 41 | [Ipswich](https://openindex.co.uk/ipswich) | 56.0% |
| 42 | [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow) | 55.1% |
| 43 | [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton) | 54.5% |
| 44 | [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) | 45.7% |
| 45 | [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich) | 42.6% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, ONS Census 2021. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/west-midlands)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/owner-occupied/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/owner-occupied)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/owner-occupied)

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